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Drs. J.D. Yoder, professor and chair of mechanical engineering, and Robert Kleine, associate professor of marketing, are the recipients of a $444,580 KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network) grant from the Kern Family Foundation.This grant supports continued work to integrate the educational experience for ONU students with the entrepreneurial mindset. The project includes: continued development of entrepreneurial mindset education efforts at ONU, improving outcomes-based assessment tools...continue reading

The Ohio Northern University James F. Dicke College of Business Administration has honored five individuals who have made the highest commitment to the business college with the inaugural Pinnacle Award at a banquet held Feb. 3.James F. Dicke Sr., chairman emeritus of Crown Equipment Corporation, and his son, James F. Dicke II, current chairman and CEO of Crown Equipment, along with Robert C. Smith, president and CEO of Spero-Smith Investment Advisers Inc., and former ONU faculty members Roger...continue reading

Elderly and low-income tax payers in Hardin and surrounding counties can receive free income tax assistance from Ohio Northern University business administration and law students through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).The VITA program offers free tax help to low- to moderate-income (generally $50,000 and below) individuals across the country who cannot prepare tax returns on their own. As part of this program, ONU students have received training and have become IRS certified to help...continue reading

Kaitlyn Early was one of the fourteen area students who received recognition at the annual Financial Executives International (FEI) Toledo Chapter Student Awards Night held in Toledo, Ohio on November 10, 2011. Ms. Early was acknowledged for her accomplishments as being an outstanding accounting student and was presented a $250 award check from Mr. Robert Kruger on behalf of the FEI Toledo Chapter. A senior accounting major at the Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern...continue reading

“The acceptance of this invaluable research by the ITA shows that ONU’s College of Business Administration is making an impact on both the national and international business markets,” said James Fenton, dean of The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration.A report produced by students in The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern University has been accepted for online publication by the International Trade Administration (ITA), a bureau of the U.S....continue reading

Robert D. KerscherThe James F. Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern University presents Robert D. Kerscher, founder, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Lexi-Comp Inc., in the next Dean’s Distinguished Lecture. The event will take place in the Dicke Hall Forum on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m.Kerscher, a 1970 graduate of Ohio Northern University, will deliver a lecture titled “It All Started in Ada: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Lexi-Comp Inc.”Lexi-Comp is an...continue reading

The Entrepreneur Center in The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern University continues its entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 6 p.m. The topic of the workshop will be “Small Business Taxes,” and Matt Phillips, Ohio Northern professor of accounting, will be the main speaker. Phillips earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati and his master’s degree from Penn State University. Prior to coming to...continue reading

Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration hosted the Polar Innovation Exchange on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The competition was created to encourage creativity, innovation and the spirit of the entrepreneurial mindset while challenging ONU student teams and individuals to create and share ideas that will improve our global community.To participate, competitors were required to prepare a concise two-minute presentation of a new business idea or product. After the...continue reading

Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration presents the next installment of its entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 5:30 p.m.Titled “Working with the SBDC,” the workshop will be presented by Craig Alan Brown.Brown attended Ohio University, where he received his Bachelor of Science in organizational communications. After graduation, he took over his family’s restaurant until selling the business in 2000. From there, Brown...continue reading

Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration will present a panel discussing “How I Found My First (Great) Job” on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Forum of Dicke Hall.This panel discussion is part of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series and will feature ONU graduates Katie Whitney and Isaac Bernard and human resources recruiter Erin Schwiebert discussing what it takes to find a job after graduation.Whitney is an AP analyst in the finance department of DSW...continue reading